Hello, Can anybody post the different ratings for Forte in Amazon. And what is the expected bonus % for each rating?? Will there be a salary hike as well? Thanks. L4 TC : 225k
How much increase did you get on your base pay at Forte discussion? I got 5% increase on base not sure which HV# I got. Can anyone confirm if 5% is HV1,2 or 3? TC: 270k #engineering #software #compensation #salary
In the fourth quarter of last year, I was promoted to SDE 3 and received a 10% salary increase as outlined in my PCS summary document. Additionally, my manager recently provided me with feedback from the FORTE evaluation, indicating that I achieved "Meets High Bar" in Performance Summary and demonst...Read more
I joined Amazon at an L6 IC position in May last year. I have no idea of how annual reviews work at Amazon, who is eligible, is salary revision on the cards etc. I filled in the Forte feedbacks and my own summary recently. The tool says you will have a manager discussion and rating around May, whic...Read more
It is now clear that Pichai has failed upwards. Being a CEO is not his forte. He has consistenly failed to deliver resuts, and has definitely not earned the trust of Googlers and the followers of the company. He is a puppet of the board. He was instituted in order to maintain the status quo but Goo...Read more
What is the policy for boomerang in amazon India . I have been away for 3 months and wants to come back to Amazon. I left after an year but just before the yearly forte review and ratings. Can I come back to amazon without interview with salary jump. What’s the policy ??
Hi, I joined Amazon as a new grad software engineer in August 2019 (recruited/interviewed/hired via student programs). I ended up being placed in a reasonably well growing AWS service team. My offer signed Aug 2019: 108k base salary, 24k first year bonus and 20k second year bonus, 70k in RSU. Stock...Read more
Hi, I am planning on changing teams at Amazon. I see interesting work done by other teams. Have a few questions: 1. Do I have to go through an interview loop. I hve read depends on the team. 2. Does changing team affect promotions or “salary hike”? 3. Should I wait until I recieve my forte revi...Read more
Hi I wanted to know that this year there have been significant increment in the salaries I missed out on timely delivery results and had a tough time personally during forte review only And my review got affected But can I expect slight bump atleast in the TC even with a needs improvement rating Lo...Read more
Have a set of interviews lined up for SRE in the Google Nest Team. Any suggestions as to what to expect for the interviews. My forte is Linux internals+networking pretty great at that. Currently working on deigning/managing various microservices in golang so that should also take care of coding sid...Read more
Hi folks. I have been working for Amazon for 3 years, successfully completed few cross team projects with world wide impact, did many significant performance optimizations and have only positive forte reviews and, obviously, exceed the bar. Moreover, I lead several people and conducted workshops fo...Read more
Hi! Recently I had an on-site interview at Google and my recruiter told me I did it good, but before continuing with the process he needs to know the compensation I'm looking for. Personally I think I did it good but not wonderful. I'm a developer with 10 yoe and my forte is iOS with 7 yoe, but I'...Read more
I have a bit more than a year of experience at SDE1 at Expedia in Chicago. I didn't get laid off, but I am concerned about the company- and want to jump ship before things get worse. The straw that broke the camels back was my outstanding yearly review, which lead to no bump to SDE2, and a run of t...Read more
Hey guys, Recently found out about this website. I recently got promo'd from an SDE 1 to an SDE 2. When I joined amazon from an unkown midsize company at 4 yoe and joined as an SDE I at 155k TC in Boston. I realized I got screwed for level since I hear SDE 1 is for college grads. I worked my ass of...Read more
I do not like current team anymore for many reasons and was thinking for a switch internally. But switching will reset all the good work I placed on this team. Also in new team, I will probably get an average feedback on next Forte due to my short tenure, which will impact my compensation. In curr...Read more
I've recently been speaking with more AWS coworkers and peers outside AWS (either at Big Tech or late-stage startups) and I think I might be underpaid based on my YOE, skills, and market. I'm a woman and a top performer on my team ("exceeds expectations" in Forte and said by my manager so not an ass...Read more
My manager screwed my forte and gave me a needs improvement rating put me in focus Now my performance has improved but no increment this year and I'm significantly underpaid Also my promo not happening anytime soon, manager said don't think about for atleast 2 quarters On the other side I'm pretty...Read more
I joined Amazon as an SDE 2 (L5) last year for £100k TC (75k base). Coming from the EU and being unemployed at the time, I was quite happy to accept the offer and not too familiar with the London market. Looking at other posts here recently, my current compensation seemed on the low end for London a...Read more
I was hired as a new grad at a very low TC at Amazon in Seattle for a SDE-1 role (comparing with other engineers at the same location, same company, same position). I requested my manager to look into it and received positive responses. Even though my performance was good and I had positive forte fe...Read more
PM L6, Amazon Luxembourg (2 years London) Yoe - 9 (4 years at Amazon) Old TC - 110k New TC - 270k (London) Happy to answer any questions related to Amazon EU careers from my perspective. Rant: Lowballed hired at L4 (didn’t know the game well then). Saw many of my juniors being hired at 1-2 level...Read more